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Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Making the Thinnest Sheet of Paper in the World

How thin can you go? REAL thin and it all starts with the boiling of the inner barks of the kōzo plants. Fascinating!...

In Japan, one company is taking paper thinner than it’s ever been before. Hidaka Washi Ltd. creates paper as thin as human skin, using methods that date back a thousand years. The paper is then sent to museums and libraries around the world—including the British Museum and the Library of Congress—and is used to restore and protect books and works of art.